The two lives of Veronica

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Movie
German title The two lives of Veronica
Original title La Double Vie de Véronique
Country of production France , Poland , Norway
original language French , Polish
Publishing year 1991
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
script Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
production Leonardo de la Fuente , Bernard P. Guiremand
music Zbigniew Preisner
Van den Budenmayer
camera Sławomir Idziak
cut Jacques Witta
occupation

The Two Lives of Veronika (in the original title French La double vie de Véronique and pln. Podwójne życie Weroniki ) is a French-Polish movie from 1991. It was directed by the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski . The music comes from the Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner , with whom Kieślowski previously worked on the Dekalog film series .

Film plot

The Two Lives of Veronika describes the life of two women who are confusingly similar and who have experienced the same thing since childhood. Weronika lives in Poland and is a gifted singer. She suffers from a serious heart disease, which she succumbs to at her first big concert. Véronique , who lives in France, is also a singer. When she “feels” that something has happened that she cannot exactly say what it is (Weronika's death), she gives up her career as a singer and only teaches at a school. There she meets the puppet player Alexandre, with whom she falls in love. He is also very interested in Véronique and lures her into a café with an audio cassette; there he told her that he had only lured her there because of a psychological experiment. Véronique then leaves the café, shocked and depressed. Alexandre follows her and finally confesses his love to her. When she shows him her photos of her trip to Krakow, he discovers a photo of Weronika on her slide strips. Now she is aware of her double existence.

criticism

"Now and then the story is intentionally laden with meaning. But with its leading actress Irène Jacob Kieslowski's poetic drama has a big plus. Their nuanced play carries the film over long stretches. "

- Prism Online

The film critic Marek Haltof sees the film as a political allegory in which Weronika stands for Poland and Véronique for France. Both are distinguished by high culture, but while Véronique seems apparently free to choose her fate, Weronika's early death represents Poland's sacrifice in World War II and its subsequent incorporation into the Soviet bloc. Véronique feels this loss and the feeling of imperfection without realizing where it comes from.

Awards

At the 1991 Cannes International Film Festival , The Two Lives of Veronica was represented in the competition for the Palme d' Or. Krzysztof Kieslowski won the Cannes FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury , Irène Jacob was the Best Actor Award bestowed. In the same year Zbigniew Preisner won the LAFCA Award for best film music. At the International Film Festival in Warsaw , Krzysztof Kieślowski received the audience award in 1991.

In 1992 the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards, and won an NSFC Award in the same category . In the same year won The Double Life of Veronique the award of the Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma as best foreign film . In 1993 Irène Jacob received the Spanish Premio Sant Jordi for best foreign actress.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV program. The two lives of Veronika on prisma online (accessed October 7, 2007)

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